Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

[Maddog37]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

Meh, I hope they do what Barry did and ignore the twit. Tear his team into pieces on the scoreboard and sing the gold coast club song into his ugly face. The worst punishment I can think of!

I really think our team needs to develop a nasty streak. All the great teams have a bit of intimidation and agro about them. we have alot of hardnosed professional types and even Barry is a different beast now.

[Doc26]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

I really think our team needs to develop a nasty streak. All the great teams have a bit of intimidation and agro about them. we have alot of hardnosed professional types and even Barry is a different beast now.

So long as this aggression is directed at winning the hard ball ala Crossy, Picken, Cal and even what little Libba is showing. If we can breed this type of hardness and tenacity across the group then we will have made substantial gains.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

So long as this aggression is directed at winning the hard ball ala Crossy, Picken, Cal and even what little Libba is showing. If we can breed this type of hardness and tenacity across the group then we will have made substantial gains.

Or acrue injuries or reports. I wouldn't like to see Bob Murphy waste his energy doing this sort of stuff, whereas our midfielders could def have a bit more pep at times.
Schofield / Picken types who like to fly the flag a bit - no problem with it. There is a time and a place, agreed.

[soupman]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

I really think our team needs to develop a nasty streak. All the great teams have a bit of intimidation and agro about them. we have alot of hardnosed professional types and even Barry is a different beast now.

I think we have this already.

Picken, Addison, Hall, Hudson, Lake and Ward are all happy to have a wrestle and try and intimidate opponents, and we have numerous players who don't hesistate to put themselves at risk to win the ball. The only thing we lack in terms of intimidating is a Campbell Brown type of unprovoked hitter, and really Hall should fall in this category.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

So long as this aggression is directed at winning the hard ball ala Crossy, Picken, Cal and even what little Libba is showing. If we can breed this type of hardness and tenacity across the group then we will have made substantial gains.

Fair enough. Maybe at times, depending on opposition. I wouldn't waste energy on Brown IMO
It's funny, I'm from Hamilton and I asked my mum about Liam Picken last night. " A well known hoon" is how he was described in his youth.

[soupman]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

As for Campbell Brown's elbow being regarded as "reckless", how was it not intentional? It wasn't like he came flying in and it was something he did as a part of the game, he glanced back and whacked him on purpose. If Ward wasn't there would Brown have moved his elbow as such? Not a chance. I will never understand the MRP.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

I think we have this already.

Picken, Addison, Hall, Hudson, Lake and Ward are all happy to have a wrestle and try and intimidate opponents, and we have numerous players who don't hesistate to put themselves at risk to win the ball. The only thing we lack in terms of intimidating is a Campbell Brown type of unprovoked hitter, and really Hall should fall in this category.

It doesn't translate on the scoreboard though. We just coast through when we should really pump teams (the flogging we gave Port last year being an exception), and we don't always take advantage of opportunities. To me, that's the nasty streak we need to develop.

[Mantis]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

It doesn't translate on the scoreboard though. We just coast through when we should really pump teams (the flogging we gave Port last year being an exception), and we don't always take advantage of opportunities. To me, that's the nasty streak we need to develop.

How much do you want to win these games by?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

How much do you want to win these games by?

Absolutely. If I have to sit through another 70+ win just to see the entire forum go to crap over how “poor” we are, “I'll spew up!”

On the topic, it's thought that the fact Ward came back on pretty quickly afterwards and Barry was OK and kicked a goal both helped to lighten the penalty on Brown. He's damn lucky, really. If we had of subbed Ward off for concussion, I'm sure he would have gotten much more of a penalty.

The media have opened up on Brown the last few days — and rightly so.

For mine, I'll always remember Brown's antics against Essendon in Round 22, 2009, when Lloyd took out Sewell and Brown carried on like an absolute monkey, then when it came time to exact retribution, he SLAPPED Lloydy across the shoulder like a girl (sorry girls!).

Tough man? In the thug sense: Yes. In the sense of real courage: No.

[Bornadog]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

Absolutely. If I have to sit through another 70+ win just to see the entire forum go to crap over how “poor” we are, “I'll spew up!”

On the topic, it's thought that the fact Ward came back on pretty quickly afterwards and Barry was OK and kicked a goal both helped to lighten the penalty on Brown. He's damn lucky, really. If we had of subbed Ward off for concussion, I'm sure he would have gotten much more of a penalty.

The media have opened up on Brown the last few days — and rightly so.

For mine, I'll always remember Brown's antics against Essendon in Round 22, 2009, when Lloyd took out Sewell and Brown carried on like an absolute monkey, then when it came time to exact retribution, he SLAPPED Lloydy across the shoulder like a girl (sorry girls!).

Tough man? In the thug sense: Yes. In the sense of real courage: No.

Ward is a hard nut just like his old man was when he played for Yarraville. Anyone else they would not have got up for awhile. Same with Bazza. The hit on Bazza could have been so bad if he had of hit him on the top of the head and cracked his neck.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

How much do you want to win these games by?

I'm not only talking about the GC game. It's also the manner in which we win, and giving up leads. No one could say our first two wins have been incredible performances on our part, more the inexperience/ineptitude of the opposition.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

Back to Campbell Brown, see he is unapologetic about his playing style.
The powers that be at GC may not concur. Having a senior player out for a month is a loss. Bad PR for the suns, and just karma for picking such a goon.

[Missing-Dog]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

I'm not only talking about the GC game. It's also the manner in which we win, and giving up leads. No one could say our first two wins have been incredible performances on our part, more the inexperience/ineptitude of the opposition.

Really? Not sure about Gold Coast but Brisbane weren't demolished against either Freo (should have won) or Melbourne (could have won).

[Bornadog]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

I'm not only talking about the GC game. It's also the manner in which we win, and giving up leads. No one could say our first two wins have been incredible performances on our part, more the inexperience/ineptitude of the opposition.

Andrew, two 70 plus thrashings, I will take that anytime. The only unacceptable game was the Essendon match.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Campbell Brown - How many weeks should he get?

Just saw footage of the incident(s). Thought that maybe everyone was over-reacting, but I can't believe that the Ward incident was only 2 weeks.

Campbell Brown: Spineless, talentless bogan hack of a f***wit. Will be forgotten quicker than he was born, inconsequential waste of oxygen, joke of a vice-captain of a joke team.
MRP: Gutless. Meaningless, incompetent panel that regularly gets these things so wrong. It's role isn't justice, it's just an extension of the AFL marketing arm, just like the umpires are, whose role is more to protect Judd, Gablett, GC etc. than to run a sport.

And why should how quickly a player get up determine the severity of the sentence? That's ludicrous -- the sentence should be based solely on what the perpetrator was doing, not how tough the 'victim' is.

It's rubbish like this that the AFL pull that lets itself down and shows itself to be a provincial sport run by big fish in a small pond. Demitrou, Anderson, KB et al, what dumb f**ks you've proven yourselves to be -- if it's not fair, it's not sport. The competition is so compromised by all the shit that the AFL pull that it's really closer to professional wrestling than it is to a respectable sporting competition. People will get sick of this crap eventually -- I know I am.

Bloody pathetic.